![]() But which methods? I hope the philosophers have a plan. Hence, the more difficult new experiments become, the more care theorists must take to not sleepwalk into a dead end while caught up in a beautiful dream. Data don’t come to us anymore-we have to know where to get them, and we can’t afford to search everywhere. ![]() But increasingly we first need theories to decide which experiments are most likely to reveal new phenomena, experiments that then take decades and billions of dollars to carry out. In the past, we muddled through because data forced theoretical physicists to revise ill-conceived aesthetic ideals. Besides keeping us honest, math is also the most economical and unambiguous terminology that we know of. ![]() But leaving aside that we could be further along had scientists not been distracted by beauty, physics has changed-and keeps on changing. Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray by Sabine Hossenfelder 2,438 ratings, 4.07 average rating, 433 reviews Open Preview Lost in Math Quotes Showing 1-16 of 16 There are other reasons we use math in physics. ![]() “Hasn’t it always worked out in the end?” It has. “Arguments from beauty have failed us in the past, and I worry I am witnessing another failure right now. ![]()
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